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are expected to do more and more with less and less. They need “Help!”

“Help, I Can’t Read!”

How to Respond to Struggling Readers in Your Classroom

A Simplified Guide to Successful "Response to
Intervention" (RTI)

From its not-so-serious-cover to its amazing
appendix tools,

teachers will see the difference!

Complete
- It covers the
“Response to Intervention/Instruction” (RTI) process from assessment to
interventions for every reading strand, plus we include writing interventions
(handwriting, spelling, and composition).

Simplified
- Where other publishers go deep with
many long, detailed books on each individual reading topic, “Help!” focuses on
only “the best of the best” as determined through Carol Fitzpatrick ten years
of successful RTI experience.

Effective
- For several years in a row,
Carol’s struggling readers averaged two and a half years’ growth in reading
ability using the methods given in this book.

Practical
- It is grounded on reasonable
methods that work and have proven to be time-efficient. It even contains a whole-group assessment for all levels of alphabetic
principles (phonics), with a corresponding tool for progress-monitoring.

Accessible
-
It is written by a teacher for
teachers. Carol knows how tired teachers are at the end of the day. This book
is easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to adapt to the needs of specific
students.

Affordable- Through careful planning, we have kept the cost down. Publishers
have told us we should be charging much more, but we want to help as many
teachers as possible.

Downloadable Excel forms for easy sharing of data with your team (all you have to do is fill in your students’ name and scores)

Engaging, conversational language (no educanese)

Blackline masters of forms, games, and other tools

Struggler Success Stories in every chapter

Connections to current research clearly noted in every chapter

A list of useful resources at the end of every chapter

Fun games to reinforce learning in the classroom

Parent connection letters for closer communication with home

Hands-on manipulatives

*The Informal Decoding Inventory of Alphabetic Principles (IDI)

The IDI is one of the most popular features of our book! It allows teachers to assess their whole class at once to determine the level of phonics skills of each student. After giving five short oral tests, the teacher makes note of student results on the inividual student tracking sheets (included with the IDI). Those sheets allows teachers to group their students effectively within the first week or two of school. It then becomes the map for differentiated instruction for the rest of the year. Also included is a Progress-monitoring Tool that corresponds to the phonics concepts listed on the IDI making it simple for teachers to assess whether their students are ready to move on, or need more practice on specific concepts.

Coming Soon for Professional Development!

Online discussion guide for RTI teams

Short, online webcast demonstrations for “byte-sized” professional development

"Help, I Can't Read!" A Guide to Simplified RTI

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Simplified Guide to Successful "Response to Intervention" (RTI)

This book has 440 pages of helpful information to walk teachers through successful RTI from effective assessment, to targeted data analysis, and focused interventions.